Q_u_að moyſes, "but alle wapmen,
wið erf, and childre, and wimmen." 3076
but would only
grant permission
to the men.
"Hu! haue ge wrong," q_u_ad pharaon,
"Gu wapmen giue Ic leue to gon;
Of erf and wimmen leue ic nogt,
Ear one of wapmen waſ bi-ſogt." 3080
Ef[t] ðiſ andſwere, ben vt-gon
moyſes forð and aaron;
Moses held up
his hand, and a
southern wind
uprose,
MOyſes held up hiſ hond,
A ſuðen wind iſ flig[t] up-wond, 3084
And blew ðat day and al ðat nigt
And brogte egipte an newe figt;
which brought
the locusts.
ðiſ wind hem brogte ðe ſkipperes,
He deden on greſ and coren deres. 3088
Then was the
king full of woe,
ðat lond was ful, and ðiſ king wo,
He ſente after ðe breðere ðo.
Q_u_ad pharaon, "ic haue miſ-numen,
and besought
Moses to turn
from them the
evil.
Wreche iſ on vs wið rigte cumen; 3092
Bi-ſek get god, ðis one ſiðe,
ðat he vs of ðiſ pine friðe."
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A western wind
took away the
locusts.
And ſo [he] dede, and on wind cam
fro weſten, and ðo opperes nam, 3096
And warpes ou_er_ in-to ðe ſe;
ðo pharaun ſag iſ lond al fre,
Pharaoh broke
his covenant.
Hiſ herte ðo wurð ðwert and hard,
And al he brac hem [ðat] forward. 3100
MOyſes ſiðen held up iſ hond,
The plague of
thick darkness.
And ðhikke ðherkneſſe ca_m_ on ðat lond,
ðat migte non egipcien
Abuten hi_m_ for mirkneſſe ſen; 3104
Manige ðor ſorge on liue bead,
Many died from
fear.
And manige weren rewlike dead;
Q_u_or-ſo ðe folc waſ of yſrael,
The Israelites
had light.
He adden ligt and ſowen wel. 3108
ðo q_u_ad pharaon to moyſen,
The king tells
them to go, and
"Led vt al ðat iſ boren of man,